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BANKRUPT SALE OF HARDWARE! Having bought at Sheriff’s sale the entire stock Hardware, Stoves, Tinware, Farming Implements, etc., of 0. H. JOHNSON & SONS, we are determined to close it out with in 60 days. Such bargains in Hardware as you will find in our store have never before been offered in Griffin. W. D. Davis & Bis. -St-‘ f New Garden Seeds. All fresh from the best growers. Genuine I Eastern Irish Potatoes. Prescriptions carefully compounded. J. N. HARRIS & SON. NOW! Nov we have new crop Lemons, fine Yellow Bananas, Pickle Tripe, Plgsfeet, all Polk Sausage, Plain and Self-Rising Buck vkeat, Georgia Canned Peaches, Home Canned Peaches, Home I, Made Jelly, New Prunes. We always have In stock Corn, Hay, Beans, Cotton Seed Meal and Hulls. G. W. CLARK & SON. Wholesale and Retail Grocers. . New Silver! FROM Gorham & Whiting, 1 «* JUST RECEIEVED. MANGHAM BROS. Morning Cail. GRIFFIN, GA., JAN. 28, 1898. Office over Davis' Hardware Store TELEPHONE NO. 82. PERSONAL AND LOCAL DOTS Gilman Tutwiler spent yesterday in Atlanta. Dox Martin, ci Newnan, was in the city yesterday. Will Logan, of Chattanooga, was in the city yesterday. In a few days now and active gar den work will begin. W M. Combe, of Locust Grove, was in the city yesterday. Dr. J. P. Starr, of Sunny Side, spent yesterday in the city. J. W. Beldin, of Sunny Side, spent yesterday in this city. Mrs. Florence Reeves returned yes terday from Montezuma. Mrs. E. W. Smith, of Locust Grove, was in the city yesterday. Dr. J. D. Yarbrough, of Williamson, win in the city yesterday. Mrs. D. D. Malaier, of Hollonville, spent yesterday in the city. Mrs. Jas. M. Caldwell, of Drewry ville, was in the city yesterday. The farmers will kill the remainder of their meat this cold weather. Mis/May Bell Ballard, of William son, spent yesterday in the city. Charles and Jack Sullivan, of Zebu lon, spent yesterday in the city. There is nothing better than Thrash’s Lung Restorer for Coughs, Colds, LaGrippe and all Lung Troubles. 50c bottle. Mr*. May Yarbrough, of William* sou, spent yesterday in the city. Mr. and Mrs. Lovick Blanton, of Zetelia, were in the city yesterday. Col J. D. Dominick, of Zebulon, spent yesterday with hie Griffin friend?. Mr. and Mrs. Chas Wheeler spent the day with friends in Atlanta yester day. Up to date this has been the mildest winter experienced here in many years. Col. Samp. Harris, of Carrollton, was in the city yesterday for a short while Randall Clifton, T P. A of the Southern railway, was in the city yes terday The blizzard promised for this sec tion was of a mild type, yet it was ac ceptable J. H'. Milner, the clever and popular sheriff of Pike county, spent yesterday io the city. Mrs. T. J. Marshall and sister, Mies Lizzie Dunn, of Hollonville, soent yes terday in (be city. Mrs. W. A. Freeman and Mies Mollie Johnson left yesterday for Atlanta, where they will spend a few days vis iting friends. That dreaded disease, Consump tion, cured with Thrash’s Lung Re storer and Consumptive Cure. All druggists, 50c bottle. There is considerable speculation as to who will be elected county commis sioner, to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Col. T. R. Mills Mrs. G. H. Worthington left yester day for Birmingham, Ain , in response to a telegram announcing the serious illness of hergrandson, Hilliard Worth ington. Capt. J L. Bass came over from Rome last evening and will spend to day in talking to the boys in his busi ness house here They are always glad to have him call on them. FOR RENT. A5-room residence on Poplar street. The house contains 5 rooms, a cook room and servants’ room. A good well of water and garden. Adjoins Dr. McDonald’s home. Apply to J. D. BOYD. FT. OXTIA. FIREMEN’S WATCHFULNESS. Habit, of Vqtflanc. That Prar.nt a Con* ra/ie’z Danger From Being Overlooked. After twoMOore firemen had been tak en unconscious from the cellar of a burning building in Chambers street a curious citizen who wandered inside the fire lines asked: 53 “How do they happen to know in all this confusion and noise that men sup posed to bo fighting ’fire in the cellar have been overcome by smoke and are lying down there unconscious, and how, too, with nearly 40 men rescued, do they know that there are not more men in the cellar in a similar predica ment?” Under the circumstances the question was perfectly natural. It was a dark night and the fact that the electric lights for a block east and west sputter ed constantly instead of giving a steady light did nos improve matters. All was confusion around the burning building. Firemen were running every which way. Policemen were beating back the crowd which was struggling to get near enough to the engine house to see the prostrate firemen within. Ambulances and fire engines blocked the street, and firemen ; were clambering over the roofs of ad joining buildings, yelling hoarsely at one another and seeking places to fight tbo fire. Naturally in all this confusion it was a matter of wonder to one not familiar with the ways of firemen how in the world they could tell whether or not any of their comrades was*in danger. The cellar of the building was full of thick, black smoke, which no man could live in even for a short time, and besides that the temperature was down to zero, for the fire was in a cold stor age warehouse and the freezing rooms were in the cellar. There is a system in the fire depart ment by which the men can keep track of one another. The rule is for the men of each company to look out for the members of that company. This makes it comparatively easy for the men to keep track of one another, for there are rarely more than a dozen men in a company, and each man in it knows about where his comrades are working at a fire. The custom among the men is to keep constantly inquiring for one another. If Jones hasn’t happened to see Smith for some time, he immediately asks the first man of his company that he comes across where Smith is. If that man can’t tell, the inquiries go on, and so a man | can’t be missing for very long without his comrades knowing it Then it is an easy matter to trace Smith to the last task he was ordered to do, and as a rule he is hauled safely out of danger. From constant usage the system has become almost perfect, and the cool courage that it has developed has made the de partment one of the finest in the world. The men will risk everything and go against the most tremendous odds to save a comrade.—New York Sun. A Wheelman’s Device. 4 Ingenious wheelmen of Nice have put an end to the tribute of lives which a hill near that city has been ex acting from them. At the bottom of this declivity, it seems, there is a sharp turn, then a bridge with a low parapet, and just beyond a terrible amount of nothing at all except scenery. Long ago the French Touring club put a sign ad vising caution in a conspicuous place at the top of the descent, but this did not prove sufficient to overcome the fatal attraction of the abyss, and wheelmen continued to precipitate themselves into the view—which, by the way, was pri vate property—with a rapidity that threatened in time seriously to diminish the club’s annual receipts from dues. After long study of the problems, , financial, aesthetic and others, which the case involved, it was decided to sus pend just beyond the parapet a strong net neatly w’oven of steel wires. The very day after it was put in place a bi cyclist came coasting wildly down the hill, struck the stone wall, left his wheel —it wasn’t worth taking any farther — and took a graceful header into the net. For the first time it wasn’t necessary for the newspapers of Nice, in giving their regular news from the bridge of Raminguo, to say anything about “a plunge into eternity. ” Since then the net has saved an average of four lives a week, and so well known have its pow ers become that picnic parties from the city, which once avoided the bridge as a placo of tragical associations, now re sort there daily to watch, from the cool shade of nearby trees, the amusing postures assumed by the wheelmen and wheelwomen when they strike the elas tic wires. According to recent informa tion from that region the spectacle is well worth seeing.—New York Times. Bone and Sinew. "We cannot succeed,” said the prime minister, “without the sinews of war.” “By sinews,” said the private secre tary, who occasionally moved in the lower circles, ‘‘l presume yon mean bones. ” And it was with sorrow that he found himself compelled to explain to his chief that dollars were often so des ignated by vulgar.—Typographical Journal. Rough on Abdul Aziz. When Abdul Aziz, sultan of Turkey, Was deposed, Queen Victoria tele graphed to his captors in French, “Soignez le bien,” or “Take good care of him.” The wires said, “Saignez le bien,” which means something very different—namely, “Bleed him well,” an error of the wires which reads grew •omely in the light of the fate which befell that unhappy monarch. Contentment. “I saw you last night as I passed by your house. What in the world was that contrivance you had sticking out from your forehead?” “Cute, wasn’t it? You see t my wife lets me smoke in the house, but I have to wear an arrester to keep the smoke from soiling the ceiling. Clever, ain’t it?”—Cleveland Leader. TDI HE TRADING PUBLIC, To the Bargain Hunters of Middle Georgia. * * You are respectfully invited, to attend the greatest CUT PRICE SALE of Merchandise ever inaugurated in Griffin. We have the best selected stock of Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, Clothing, Hats, Gents Furn ishings, Carpets, Rugs, Millinery and Groceries that we are going to sell. You may think this quite an undertaking when cotton is selling so cheaply. The prices we name are cheaper than cotton at 5 cents. . We have our store rooms well supplied with red hot stoves to make you comfortable when you visit our matchless bargain sale, which begins today. Cotton Goods. Drees Ginghams, 10c quality, only sc. yard. Gilded Edge 4-4 Bleaching, only 4c yard. 4-4 Sea Island just half price, Sic. 4-4 heavy Sheeting lower than ever. Calicoes at 2ic. Turkey Red Calico at 4ic, cheap at 7c. All grades of Calico and Percale go in this sale at unheard of prices. Canton Flannel, all the numbers beginning at 4|c. j Good Feather Ticking at 10c yard. Feather Ticking that will hold water at 12ic yard. Heavy Drilling, worth 10c, our price during this sale is 6ic. We will let you price our Cotton Checks when you make us a visit. To m'ake the above prices on staple goods necessitates a purchase of a car load, which we have done for you, JEANS aiMIEL 15 pieces school boy Jeans worth 22c, our price 15c, 40 pieces of Ky. Jeans worth 40c, our price 22c. Plain red Flannel, all wool, at 10c. White Flannel cheap at 20c, now ISic. Red Flannel heavy twill at 18|c and 25c. Neckweai', Suspenders, Toilet Articles, Combs, Beits, Hair Ornaments, Zephyrs, Embroidery Silks, etc., at reduced 'prices. CLOTHING! Clothing to fit every one at half price. Childrens Knee Pants 25c, 35c,J50c and Up. Mens odd Pants 50c, SI.OO, $1.50 and up. Mens Suits at $4, well worth $6.50. Black Clay Worsted Suits at $4.65, cheap at SB. Schloss Bros. Fine Clothing at un heard of prices. Overcoats as cheap as dirt, 2,000 Sample Hats and Caps at 50c on the dollar. We own more Hats than any one in town. Millinery Dejarlmenl Miss Snyder, who presides over this department, is unquestionably one of the finest milliners in the South—she has few equals any where. Her Hats are perfect. She can make an old hat look en- MEET 14E BASS BROTHERS, 1 . t THE BIG STORE IN GRIFFIN, Our French Flannel cannot be du plicated in quality or price for 25 per cent, more elsewhere. See our Eiderdowns at 38c and 48c for cloaks and sacks for children. 1 Woolen and Silk Dress Goods. We have made some purchases re cently that have made us think there was no value to wool or silk. We bought heavily and our stock is full. We gave the mills a small check fora car load of Dress Goods, and all we want from you is just enough to let us know what home they made happy. Novelty Suitings, double fold, at 9ic, cheap at 20c. Novelty Suitings, two tone effect, 40 inches wide, at 17ic, cheap at 35c. Klondike Plaids, double fold, at 12jc, cheap at 25c. 36-inch Novelty Plaids, beautiful styles, 20c, worth 35c. Imported Scotch Plaids, greatly admired, 33}c, worth 50c. 38-inch Henrietta, black and all colors, 25c, worth 40c. 48-in oh Imported Serge at 40c, would be cheap at 60c. Something new in Brocaded Serge 48c, cheap at sl. Changeable Taffeta Silk at 30c — great bargain. Black Brocaded Taffeta Silk at 75c tirely new, with but little cost. If you want a stylish Hat or Bon net—one that you will not be ashamed of—come and get Miss Snyder to serve you. She will please in every way. BLANKETS. 10-4 Bed Blankets at 25c each. Heavy Comforts at 50c each. Counterpanes and Sheets in abund ance. Buggy Robes—a nice Xmas present Handsome line of Rugs, Carpets and Mattings. Rugs 29c and up. Fnr Rugs at $2.50 to $4.50, Ladies’ Capes. 100 ladies heavy Capes at 48c, worth sl. 75 ladies fur trimmed Capes at 78c, worth $2. 46 ladies plush Capes at $4.35, worth SB. Capes and Jackets at all pi ices. Black Brocaded Taffeta Silkat $1.13 cheap at $2. Black Brocaded Taffeta Silk $1.58 Cheap at $3. 15 Dress Patterns at 98c—all we could buy. 10 Dress Patterns at $1.40 —all we could buy. 8 Dress Patterns at $2.00 —all we could buy. 7 Dress Patterns at $3.20. Don’t miss these bargains. Broadcloth at 70c, 85c and $1.25. 20 pieces French Plaids, all wool flannel, at 25c. Notions— —Underwear One lot of black Hoee at 2}c. One case ladies fast black seamless Hose, we break the record on quality —only sc. One case heavy black Hose—they beat the world for the price—a dime. An immense stock of Handkerchiefs and Gloves for Santa Clause. 10,000 Handkerchiefs at 1c each. 20 dozen Handkerchiefs at 5c each —nice quality worth twice that amount. Heavy fleeced lined Undershirts worth 25c, our price 15c.' Extra heavy fleeced lined Under vests at 25c, cheap at 50c. A ll wool Undershirts at 41c, Camel Hair Undershirts at your price—we bought them that way. Shoes, Shoes. 1,500 pairs of Sample Shoes and Boots to go on sale today. Nearly all sizes for children; for ladies and mens heavy winter Shoes at a discount of 33J per cent. A great opportunity to buy Shoes/ Shoes at 25c, 35c, 50c, 75c, SI.OO and $1.25. Bring your feet along and we will do the balance. Another car of fine young Tennes see mules received ana will sell for cash or on time, exchange young mules for old mules, mu lee for horses, or horses for mules. If you want » horse or mule come to see us, Our stables are full of stock. Mules will be very much higher after Xmas. We have three new buggies to sell cheap. ; • ' Two milch cows, with young calves to sell for cash or on time. Every one is invited to see our offerings-